health

A Bittersweet Nightmare

Ambrish Mithal

Contrary to popular belief, diabetes is no longer restricted to the affluent anymore. Some of the worst affected are those who have migrated from an active rural lifestyle to an urban sedentary job

Undoing the Ordinary

Somak Ghoshal

The carefully postured bodies in the paintings of Francisco Goya, or the ones reduced to an abstraction in the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti, transform into bizarre entities in a fascinating exhibition that examines notions of health and healing in India

The Nonsense About Positive Thinking

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A new study finds that being happy has no effect on the length of our lives

3D Print Your Heart

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New research succeeds in bioprinting heart, arteries and brains for the first time

Body Shaming: Figuratively Speaking

Shreya Sethuraman

The battle against body shaming

The Age of Success

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To be happy and content in later life, says this study, a man must achieve career stability by 27

Workaholism Can Kill

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Routinely working overtime increases one’s chance of getting a stroke or suffering cardiovascular strain

Why Women Are Cold at Work

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Office temperatures are usually set for the comfort of male workers, who feel warmer

Food inspectors: More teeth please

Haima Deshpande in Mumbai and Anil Budur Lulla in Bengaluru

Food inspectors say they’re up to the challenge of keeping people safe, even taking on powerful business interests—if only they were better equipped for it